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In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped; let me not be confounded for ever.

ACT OF CHARITY.

O my God, I love Thee with my whole heart, and above all things, because Thou art Infinite Goodness, and for Thy sake I love my neighbour as myself.

Make me to love Thee ever more and more.

ACT OF CONTRITION.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest my sins for love of Thee. I firmly resolve, by Thy grace, to sin no more. A contrite and humble heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

PATER. AVE. CREDO.

AN OBLATION.

O my Lady, Holy Mary, Queen of Perseverance, to thee, and to thy blessed charge and special keeping, and into the bosom of thy mercy, for this day and every day, and for the hour of my death, I commend myself, body and soul: my every hope and every joy, my every trouble and